Sentences with phrase «collective bargaining for»

«It's only been a month since an Iowa lawmaker proposed ending tenure at the state's public institutions, and two weeks since state legislators published a bill that would gut collective bargaining for faculty members.

The donation came after Humphries also signed the 2011 petition that triggered the recall after the passage of Act 10, Walker's signature law that curtailed collective bargaining for most public employees, making him a favorite among conservatives nationally and propelled him to a short - lived run for president.

The poster child for recertification is Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, whose Act 10 dramatically curtailed collective bargaining for most public employees, including teachers.

We began with the decline in collective bargaining for teachers.

No matter how much Malloy and his supporters spin it, he remains the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose ending teacher tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in Connecticut's poorest schools.

NEWS FLASH: The only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with tenure for all teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest district has received the endorsement of the Connecticut Education Association's Board of Directors.

But I will proudly stand by my statement that a Democrat who proposed doing away with teacher tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the poorest school; who refuses to de-couple inappropriate standardized tests from teacher evaluation; who diverts a hundred million dollars a year from public schools to prop up unaccountable charter schools that refuse to educate their fair share of bi-lingual students and students who need special education services; and who refused to settle the CCEJF lawsuit and develop a long - term change to Connecticut's school funding formula... DOES NOT deserve the badge of honor that comes with being endorsed by teacher unions.

The greatest reduction in poverty in our nation coincided with the expansion of collective bargaining for workers, so we should be supporting unionization, not just of teachers, but of all workers.

«Governor Malloy has earned the title of the most anti-teacher Democratic governor in the nation by proposing to end teacher tenure and repeal collective bargaining for teachers in turnaround schools.

There is not a teacher in Connecticut who has forgotten that Malloy proposed ending teacher tenure and unilaterally repealing collective bargaining for teachers in «turnaround schools» when he put forward his Education Reform initiative.»

Until tonight, observers could safely say that the single most outrageous political maneuver during Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy's tenure has been his claim that he was pro-public education while being the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in so - called «turnaround» schools.

With Randi Weingarten in Connecticut today, the leadership of the AFT and CEA have a unique opportunity to actually force Malloy to stand up, step up and come clean about his 2012 effort to eliminate tenure for all public school teachers and repeal collective bargaining for teachers working in Connecticut's poorest school districts.

Governor Dannel Malloy is the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the lowest performing public schools.

«Mr. Malloy, you are the only Democratic governor in the United States who has proposed doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the lowest performing (the so called turnaround schools), will you this opportunity to renounce your 2012 tenure proposal and can you tell us exactly what your position is on teacher tenure and collective bargaining?

And the governor who tried to repeal tenure and eliminate collective bargaining for some teachers...

The truth is that Dan Malloy proposed unilaterally repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools in Connecticut and to this day he has NEVER publicly retracted that proposal or apologized for his union busting effort.

Governor Malloy is the ONLY Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest school districts.

But the truth is Governor Malloy IS THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN THE NATION to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in so - called «turnaround schools.»

Governor Malloy: You are the only Democratic governor in the United States who has proposed doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the lowest performing (the so - called turnaround schools), will you use this opportunity to renounce your 2012 tenure proposal and can you tell us exactly what your position is on teacher tenure and collective bargaining?

After spending hundreds of millions on lobbying, these groups were able to persuade tea - bag and conservative Republican governors and legislatures to repeal collective bargaining for teachers, limited bargaining rights for others, dramatically expanded funding for charter schools or otherwise undermine what most would describe as the American public education system.

Over the past four years Governor Malloy has earned the reputation as the most anti-teacher Democratic governor in the nation and remains the only Democratic governor to propose doing away with teacher tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the state's poorest schools.

With that move, the CEA joined the leadership of the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter in throwing their support and money behind the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest districts.

Issue # 1: As has been noted repeatedly, no other Democratic governor in the nation has proposed doing away with tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the poorest and lowest performing public schools.

The teachers association, which endorsed Newsom, also asks candidates if they will oppose using student test scores as an element in determining teacher salaries; support collective bargaining for school employees; and oppose replacing the pension system for public employees with a 401k - style retirement plan.

Governor Malloy: You are the only Democratic Governor in the United States who has proposed doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in turnaround schools.

In February 2011, with the protests being carried out daily, the Wisconsin Democratic Party claimed that the five states that outlaw collective bargaining for teachers all ranked below 44th in the nation in test scores, while Wisconsin ranked second.

The package also contains a «Student Bill of Rights» that would hold districts accountable for providing every student with a qualified teacher on day one of each school year.The educator's proposal to the legislature comes at a time when anti-union groups are pushing and paying across the state for support of legislation to restrict collective bargaining for teachers, including the group Stand for Children, which made the largest - ever single contribution to a legislative candidate in Illinois history (he lost).

The possible pursuit of eliminating collective bargaining for teachers in the poorest districts.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel launched a series of articles this week examining the impact of Wisconsin Act 10, a five - year - old law that virtually eliminated collective bargaining for educators and most public employees in Wisconsin.

Although Malloy is the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in «turnaround» schools, the announcement that Stefan Pryor will be leaving his position at the end of this year was seen by some as a signal that Malloy was going to shift away from his corporate education reform industry and privatization policies and would use a second term to provide more support for Connecticut's real public education system.

Although school officials say the reasons for the departure of young teachers are primarily due to relocations and the tendency for millennials to change jobs more frequently, the increase coincides with the aftermath of Act 10, which effectively eliminated collective bargaining for educators and reduced their voice in the workplace.

That's the day a new state law goes into effect prohibiting virtually all collective bargaining for an estimated 175,000 state, local and school workers.

Evers earlier this year praised Walker's budget proposal, but until now the two have been at odds over how much money the state and property taxpayers should send to schools, the expansion of taxpayer - funded vouchers and on Walker's signature piece of legislation known as Act 10, which nearly eliminated collective bargaining for public school teachers and resulted in massive membership losses for the state's largest teachers union, which has heavily backed Evers.

Writing in Education Next, researchers Michael Lovenheim and Alexander Willen dissect the long - term ramifications of states that mandate collective bargaining for teachers.

Gov. Scott Walker's move to curb collective bargaining for most public workers gives school districts unprecedented authority to run schools as they see fit, without consulting teachers unions.

If passed, HB 130 would eliminate collective bargaining for teachers in the state, thus neutering the Tennessee Education Association.

Today, Wisconsin is again at the forefront of a union battle - this time in Republican Gov. Scott Walker's effort to cut his state's budget deficit in part by curtailing collective bargaining for teachers and other public employees.

She equates Wisconsin's democratically elected governor and legislature that lawfully ended collective bargaining for teachers with Egypt, where the government led by Hosni Mubarak was a dictatorship and directly controlled the only union in the country — the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF.)

It occurred in February 2011 when Governor Dannel Malloy become the ONLY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR in the country to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for unionized teachers in so - called «turnaround» schools.

While Cuomo has poured more money into charter schools than Malloy, Malloy is the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and proposing legislation that would unilaterally eliminate collective bargaining for teachers in turnaround schools.

Burkhalter said membership was about 90,000 before Walker's strict limits on collective bargaining for most public workers kicked in.

Malloy remains the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the «lowest performing» schools.

A better bargain: Overhauling teacher collective bargaining for the 21st century.

«That bill did away with tenure for all teachers in Connecticut and it repealed collective bargaining for teacher's in turnaround schools.»

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

Just a week ago, Scott Walker survived a recall, beating back the rapacious efforts of the National Education Association and its state affiliate, the Wisconsin Education Association (WEAC) to recall the Wisconsin governor who had the moxie to work with the state legislature to eliminate collective bargaining for teachers.

Now, with Republican governors like Scott Walker in Wisconsin and John Kasich in Ohio publicly taking on collective bargaining for public school teachers, replacing strict salary schedules with merit pay, and introducing value - added measures into decisions about salaries and tenure, events have caught up to his message.

Act 10 limited collective bargaining for certain public - sector employees, among them public school teachers, causing a storm of protest that lasted for months, until the Wisconsin Supreme Court validated the legislation.

These differences were largely due to differences in state laws relating to collective bargaining for public - sector workers.

Likewise, Peterson overstates the case against collective bargaining for teachers.